For Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Russia’s decision to bar Americans from adopting orphans from the country is an issue of not only diplomatic significance, but also of personal meaning. After Russian President...

####Rep. Emerson Resigns#### Eighth District U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, resigned Wednesday through letters sent to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and House Speaker John Boehner. Emerson, a member...

The Columbia Police Department announced a new program last week that will increase police presence in public and private schools. Officers working in the Patrol Division will randomly visit each school...

Italian word of the week: _autodifesa_: self-defense The world doesn’t want me to study abroad. Every step in the pre-departure process of studying abroad is a different battle. At some moments in my...

The Columbia Police Department is offering free active shooter/violent intruder training sessions for citizens and businesses in Columbia next weekend. According to a CPD news release, the training outlines...

So, I spent the whole winter break obsessing over the book “Divergent." “Divergent," a young adult novel, describes a futuristic, dystopian Chicago where people are divided into five factions: Abnegation,...

The Faculty Council passed a proposal Thursday that aims to measure students' appreciation and knowledge of diversity. The proposal, one of two discussion items on the agenda, will extend an invitation...

Allow me a preamble: this column will cover very beautiful music. I am open to listening to any musical request. I will lend an ear to anyone, but I cannot promise I will like what I hear. I will do my...

Seeing as I’m the biggest Kanye West fan this side of Kanye West and have thoroughly and completely read through Kim Kardashian’s Wikipedia page, I consider myself the foremost authority on the pair....

There’s not a whole lot my dad loves more than “The Andy Griffith Show.”  He has a framed picture of Sheriff Taylor sitting in our basement like a family portrait. He quotes all of the reruns with...